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The BOOX Note Air 4C is a powerful Android E-Ink tablet for more than just reading

BOOX Note Air 4C The BOOX Note Air 4C is a powerful and flexible E-Ink tablet that blends the open ecosystem of Android 13 with a vibrant color display and useful stylus support. It’s ideal for avid readers, digital note-takers, and anyone who wants more than a basic e-reader, without diving into the distractions of a full-blown tablet. As a bibliophile with limited storage space in my home, I’ve relied on a Kindle to house my personal library for more than a decade. After all, you can’t habitu

Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)

the short of it is: they’re cool for appending notes from automated systems (like ticket or build systems) but not really for having interactive conversations with other developers (at least not yet) – Scott Chacon, GitHub.blog, Aug. 2010 Git notes are almost a secret. They’re buried by their own distressing usability. But git notes are continually rediscovered by engineers trying to stash metadata inside git. Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:05 @simonw Git notes are powerful tools. And they could solve

Weird-shaped notebooks make me want to write again

Andru Marino is an audio and video producer at The Verge. “I make videos on our YouTube / TikTok / Instagram channels, and have produced our podcasts like Vergecast, Decoder, and Why’d You Push That Button?” He also keeps a lot of notes, and his latest favorite places to keep them are the Triangle and Sidekick notebooks. I asked him about them. Where did you first hear about these notebooks? I don’t really remember when I first saw the Triangle Notebook. It was probably an Instagram ad. I had

Poppin Sticky Memo Ball Review: Color-Code in Style

If a messy desk is a sign of genius, I might be one of the smartest people out there. Everywhere I’ve worked, whether in an office or my own house, I’ve begun with the purest of intentions to keep my desk clean and clutter-free, only to weigh the time and energy cost of constantly putting things away just to pull them out again the next day. Spoiler alert: Most of the time, it isn’t worth it. One of the biggest, ahem, sticking points in my decluttering process is the sheer number of sticky note

This Hidden Trick Can Help Keep Your iPhone's Notes App Organized

Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9 that the next version of the iPhone's operating system will be called iOS 26. The tech giant said iOS 26 will bring a transparent glass design to icons and menus and much more to your iPhone this fall. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, the company made it easy to keep your Notes app more organized with collapsible sections. Read more: iOS 18 Brings These New Features to Your iPhone There are other ways to keep Notes or

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A Python-first data lakehouse

“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible”. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things. Data and ML scientists - A life in the middle Despite AI eating the world and data becoming one of the most important things for every company on the planet, but getting models from prototype to production is still pretty problematic. According to HBR , fewer than 1 in 5 models ever make it into prod

Is Google secretly testing new AI voices in NotebookLM?

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM users are hearing a mysterious third male voice during longer Audio Overviews. Google has confirmed that additional voices and dialects are coming, alongside APIs and video overviews, but it’s unclear if this third voice is a feature or a bug. AI features can be quite a hit and miss, but Google’s NotebookLM is definitely one of the hits. NotebookLM is a personal AI research assistant that lets users control the AI’s data sources, enabling them

Siri vaporware dispute continues, as high-profile commenters hit back at Apple

Apple may have belatedly responded to accusations of showing off Siri vaporware at last year’s WWDC, but the controversy is showing no sign of dying down anytime soon. John Gruber – author of the original piece taking issue with Apple showing off features it hadn’t demonstrated to anyone outside the company – is now joined by M.G. Siegler and others … How it started Apple showed off some extremely impressive-looking new-Siri features at last year’s WWDC, doubling down on these in an ad for th

Google’s latest experiment brings NotebookLM’s best features to Search

TL;DR Audio Overviews emerged as one of Google’s breakout AI hits, synthesizing virtual podcasts with a pair of hosts. After debuting with NotebookLM and spreading to other Google services, the company is experimenting with Audio Overviews in Search. For this initial test, access is limited to the US and only supports English. Forgive us for sounding like a broken record by this point, but Google’s Audio Overviews have easily emerged as one of the company’s most genuinely impressive and usefu

The best note-taking apps for collecting your thoughts and data

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. She can be found on Threads as @barbarask. These days, we are all dealing with huge amounts of information, from meeting notes to social media, to photos and videos, to whatever else we’ve collected — and we are all trying to find some way to store it, organize it, and find it when we need it. If you want to get really basi

The Kindle Scribe beats my ReMarkable in two big ways (and it's $100 off)

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazon Kindle Scribe is on sale for $299 for the 16GB version, the lowest price we've seen yet. It combines the familiar features of the Kindle e-reader with a bright display and a suite of premium note-taking features. The aforementioned features have a bit of a learning curve to fully take advantage of. $299.99 at Amazon $299.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Amazon is currently offering the 16GB Kindle Scribe at 25% off, a $100 discount that brings the final pric

Here’s everything new for Apple Notes in iOS 26

Apple Notes has become one of Apple’s most consistently updated apps, and iOS 26 includes a few solid new additions. Here’s everything new for Apple Notes in iOS 26. New Liquid Glass design Easily the biggest change for Notes this year is the brand new design with Liquid Glass. Though the basic structure of the app remains the same, everything looks and feels more modern thanks to app-wide UI revisions. Buttons and other UI elements have been updated, moved around, and enhanced. Search has b

A receipt printer cured my procrastination [ADHD]

Why can I focus for hours on a game but procrastinate when writing an email? For over 20 years, I've tried everything to boost my productivity. I've read dozens of books and tested many methods. Nothing made a real difference. But I finally found a solution by understanding what makes video games addictive. And a thermal receipt printer will become the best investment of my life. My fight against procrastination I started my business when I was 21 (I'm now 39). I built custom apps and did cons

Joplin gets a new update for easier, more secure note-taking

Joplin is a privacy-first app. Capture your thoughts freely and without distractions, tracking, or ads. With Joplin's end-to-end encryption and open-source code, you can concentrate on your ideas and tasks without worrying about your privacy. How does Joplin compare to Evernote or OneNote? Joplin is an open-source, privacy-focused note-taking app that supports Markdown and local storage, giving you full control over your data. Unlike proprietary apps, it doesn't lock you into a closed ecosyste

Apple Notes is coming to your Apple Watch in watchOS 26

watchOS 26 is the next major software update coming for Apple Watch, and among its host of new features, the popular Apple Notes app is coming to the wrist. Notes app in watchOS 26 offers two essential features Apple Notes was once a very basic iPhone app with minimal features. Over the last few years especially, though, it’s grown into a note-taking powerhouse. The Notes app currently exists across nearly every Apple platform. You’ll find it on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. But perhaps

Elon Musk to “fix” Community Notes after they contradict Trump

Elon Musk apparently no longer believes that crowdsourcing fact-checking through Community Notes can never be manipulated and is, thus, the best way to correct bad posts on his social media platform X. Community Notes are supposed to be added to posts to limit misinformation spread after a broad consensus is reached among X users with diverse viewpoints on what corrections are needed. But Musk now claims a "fix" is needed to prevent supposedly outside influencers from allegedly gaming the syste

4 Pixel phone tricks every user should know - including my favorite

Adam Breeden/ZDNET I've been a Pixel phone devotee since the beginning, and one of my favorite features is the call-screening capability that debuted with the Pixel 3 in 2018. I don't remember the last time I answered an unnecessary call, and I can't imagine switching to a phone without it. Also: The best Google Pixel phones of 2025: Which one should you buy? Over the years though, Pixel call screening -- now named Call Assist -- has added several new tricks beyond simply keeping robocalls an

Users can now sign up for Meta's Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

In brief: Meta has announced that it is now accepting sign-ups for Community Notes, the feature that is replacing third-party fact checkers. Much like the X version that inspired it, Meta's Community Notes allows users on the company's platforms to decide if a post is misleading and add more context. At the start of January, just as Donald Trump's inauguration was approaching, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta's third-party fact checkers had become too politically biased and destroyed mor

Want to fight misinformation on Facebook? Join the Meta Community Notes editor waitlist

ZDNET If you're tired of seeing misinformation online, here's your chance to be part of the fight against it. Also: How to delete Facebook, Messenger, or Instagram Last month, Meta announced that it was ditching its third-party fact checkers in favor of X-style community notes on its social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Meta will officially roll out the feature in a few months, but you can join the waitlist now to be among the first community notes editors. How to sign u

You can now sign up to be a contributor to Meta's Community Notes feature

After announcing its plan to end third-party fact-checking in January 2025, Meta's crowdsourced replacement is finally starting to take shape. You can now join a waitlist to be a Community Notes contributor on Facebook, Instagram and Threads when the feature rolls out in the coming months. Contributors are expect to provide context via a note when a post on one of Meta's platforms "might be inaccurate or confusing," according to the company's sign-up page. Community Notes will be able to be add

Elon Musk wants to 'fix' Community Notes on X

Elon Musk has a problem with Community Notes, the crowdsourced fact-checking feature that started as Birdwatch, and launched at scale after he purchased Twitter. "Unfortunately @CommunityNotes is increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media," Musk posted. "Working to fix this..." Based on the rant his tweet descends in to afterwards, his issue appears to be with how X's Community Notes contributors have been treating misinformation about President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the war in Uk

Elon Musk Says He’ll ‘Fix’ Community Notes on X After It Disagreed With Him

Elon Musk is not happy with Community Notes, the crowdsourced fact-checking program that adds notes to correct misinformation on his social media platform X. And the billionaire says he’s now going to “fix” Community Notes so that it agrees with him, claiming without evidence that it’s being manipulated by governments and the media. “Unfortunately, @CommunityNotes is increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media. Working to fix this,” Musk tweeted Thursday. Why is Musk upset? It looks

Meta starts accepting sign-ups for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

Meta announced in a blog post on Thursday that it’s now accepting sign-ups for its Community Notes program on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The announcement follows Meta news last month that it’s going to end its third-party fact-checking program and is instead moving to a Community Notes model similar to the one at X. In its blog post, Meta explains that Community Notes will be a way for users across its platforms to decide when posts are misleading, and allow them to add more context to t

Keep Your iPhone's Notes App Organized With This Hidden Trick

Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and that update brought some bug fixes to all iPhones. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, the company made it easy to keep your Notes app more organized with collapsible sections. There are other ways to keep Notes organized, like with tags, but those usually apply to the whole note and not the content with the note. With collapsible sections, you can keep the content within individual notes organized and tidy so you can easily find what you're look

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Google Meet will now create your post-meeting to-do list

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Meet is rolling out a new “next steps” feature that uses AI to identify and organize follow-up tasks discussed during meetings. The update builds on Google Meet’s existing “Take notes for me” feature, which captures key discussion points during meetings. The feature began its gradual rollout on February 18, 2025, and is available for Google Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, as well as the Gemini Education Premium add-on. Google is takin